Re^2: Efficient way to sum columns in a file

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I don't think the '$total += $sub += $F6;' part is doing what you expect it to... Actually, it doesn't add $F6 to both $total and $sub, but rather add it to $sub and then add $sub to $total, which generates a wrong total.

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Re^3: Efficient way to sum columns in a file by tlm (Prior) on Apr 13, 2005 at 14:04 UTC
The totals was obviously wrong; that should have alerted me to the error. Thank you very much! the lowliest monk	[reply]

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